A friend of mine is looking to purchase a second-hand tripod for his 'scope so if anyone out there has one they are looking to sell then please contact me privately. Thanks.
Called over to Dunham Massey with the wife and kids yesterday and what a pleasant day we had. Made all the more enjoyable by a hobby making an appearance on a nearby tree for a few minutes.
Does anyone have info on what birds of prey there are at DM and in particular if Hobbies are seen regularly there?
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2 weeks ago a pair of Wrens successfully fledged a family from a Great Tit nest box in my garden. I thought this unusual and Peter Johnson suggested I post this and ask if anyone else out there has experienced this or any other unusual wren(or any other bird) nest sites.
Cheers Ian
I've just noticed on Birdguides a report of a male Blue Headed Wagtail on Irlam Moss in horse paddocks in field 23 today.Apparently there were 3 fledged young with it.
Field 9 behind Manor farm, flooded pool in field produce 2 Green Sandpipers + 2 Snipe & 2 families of Pied Wagtails = 10, i also obeserved Swallows "having a go" at the Sandpipers & Wagtails for no apparent reason especially the juveniles Wagtails who had to hop skip & jump to av...
According to the BBC long range weather a ridge of low pressure should form on Thursday over southern Europe.This should result in S.E. airflow straight off central Europe,classic Black Tern fall conditions on Thurs and Fri.,Audenshaw and Pennington usually get the biggest numbers if a fall occu...
Stonechats successfully bred on Barton Moss (field 99) near the Aerodrome, a first on the Mosslands for me. The parents were feeding the fledge young 4/5 in the set-a-side field nest site early this morning. Yellow Wagtails were also successfully on the adjacent semi arable (field 98), five young f...
I spent a welcome break from work last week at Makarska in Croatia, not so much for the birding but mainly for a rest.
I kept the binos in my hand luggage and was rewarded with views of 2 Little Egrets and a dozen Med gulls resting at a small bay viewed from the mini bus 20 minutes from Split Airport.
At Mak...
I received this e-mail the other day
Today while sitting in Grosvener Square Gardens just off Oxford Road in Manchester My friend and I saw this parrot (see pics) after a local tipped us off . It seems somebody could be aware of its presence as there was a seed feeder out for it but we were concerned abou...
Went to Martin Mere this morning with my Brother-In-Law,his wife and daughter... me and him went mooching to the hides, whilst they went off looking at duckies etc.
Anyhow - thought it was an absolutely corking morning... saw the following breeds by looking though various hides...
Black-tail...
Gave Ellie-birder an airing today and did our annual circular walk around Warton Crag.
Great views of the long-staying Chough on the path at the top of the Quarry - down to 15 ft before it saw us. Also 2 Ravens, one of the Peregrines, a Kestrel family, and a Green Woodpecker.
Male Marsh Harrier on the r...
One yesterday evening at the bottom end of the village just off the A6 along Queens Road. A non-birding friend of mine had it in his garden. No photos (yet - he'll try if it comes back), but his description was bang on.
First visit to Risley Moss arrived 9.20am good variety of woodland birds
chiffchaff
willow warbler
bullfinch
tree creeper
willow tit
backcap and all the usual stuff
climbed mount everest and got cracking views over the peat bogs but abit naff at the top of the tower nowhere to clam...
quiet a surreal sight at Ashworth Moor Res this eve as 52, yes 52, Common Scoter flew through. Managed to see the flock coming towards the res as i was counting swifts, they then flew (west-easterly) over the Res, quiet high, and onwards. of 3 counts i managed as they flew through 52 was the minimum but on...
Was over to New Brighton Promenade this afternoon during high tide during very high winds. Cracking views of Storm Petrels dancing on the waves, lots of Common/Arctic Terns passing far out into the Irish Sea, with Arctic Skua chasing the odd one. Also passing in the winds were Fulmar, several Shag an...
twice this week ive seen a buzzard in the giants hall-taylor pit area.dont know if its resident.saw it tuesday evening and lunchtime today.also on the fields by swinley coal washes the hay has gone and the fields were full of birds.100+starling,20+mistle thrushes.also small groups of greenfinch...
I received late news yesterday from the finder of a Red Kite on the 20th July. The lady in question was travelling from Edenfield to Owd Betts along the A680 when it flew right across infront of her and flew low across the fields on the right.
Hi All,
Got back late last night from a few days on board the Pride of Bilbao with friends, sailing from Portsmouth to Bilbao and back. Managed to get out on deck quite a lot and had some great sightings of Birds, Whales and Dolphins.
Pomarine Skua, Manx Shearwater, Cory's Shearwater, Little Shear...
Thousands of Dunlin and Knot. Black Tailed Godwit. Curlew. Common Sand. Avocet.
Plus the usual stuff.
And a nice Hobby out on the salt marsh first time i've seen one here.
Crackin weather too For a change!
Dean.
Bill Myerscough found a Sanderling, 2 Black-tailed Godwit and 7 Dunlin at the Kingsway Business park development in Rochdale, off Issac Newton Way - from Gordon Riggs Garden Centre follow Issac Newton Way to the 2nd Roundabout and you can view the pools on the left hand side from there - Bills interne...
Hallo All,
It was good to be back home and roaming around Chat Moss watching Common Buzzard, visiting Woolstone Eye to see the Black-necked Grebes and seeing a Kingfisher at Pennington Flash. But I had to return to Norway to cover a guiding job I had said yes to. This time it was Jæren just south of Stava...
I found an interesting area behind the Central Retail Park on Gt Ancoats St yesterday. Igot onto the towpath of the Rochdale Canal where Gt Ancoats St crosses it and walked about 100m NE past one bridge. Just before the next bridge, some hoardings have been torn down adjoining the towpath and you can en...
